#BDA844#BDA844

#BDA844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA844
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -4.19, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 53.04, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0156 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0339, 39.2431, 11.1444)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA844 #4459BD

analogous

#BD6C44 #BDA844 #95BD44

triadic

#BDA844 #44BDA8 #A844BD

tetradic

#BDA844 #44BD6C #4459BD #BD4495

square

#BDA844 #44BD6C #4459BD #BD4495

split-complementary

#BDA844 #4495BD #6C44BD

monochromatic

#635823 #918033 #BDA844 #CDBD71 #DDD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BDA844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA844

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA844	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17c',
    500: '#bda844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda844;
$custom-light: #d4c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA844

secondary

#939DC9

accent

#68D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA844

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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